News & Articles on Large Wind Power

Large wind turbines are those used to generate commercial quantities of electricity. This category includes single turbines used in distributed applications as well as arrays of multiple wind turbines used in a wind power plant.

Energinet/DK: 39.1% of Danes’ electricity consumption was covered by Danish wind turbines in 2014

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In 2014, Danish wind turbines supplied what corresponds to 39.1% of Danes’ electricity consumption. This is a new record. As in the previous five years, more power was covered by land-based wind turbines and offshore wind farms in 2014 than the year before.

Wind roars on in Germany

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Craig Morris

German wind power production hit a new record level in 2014, though it only rose slightly – by around one percent to 52.4 TWh.

Wind Turbines Go to Court–and Win!

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Robert Knox

The Court dismissed all the appeals. In effect, the Court has confirmed the constitutional validity of the Ontario overnment’s system for approving and regulating wind turbines. The Court’s decision should reduce appeals and eliminate charges that the system is unconstitutional.

Correction to Rick (Richard) James Wind Turbine Infra and Low-Frequency Sound: Warning Signs That Were Not Heard

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Richard (rick) James

In this article, on page 118, text is missing the quotes and the reference to the page of book is incomplete and not in the correct location. Please see the revised paragraph with the changes.

Renewables International: “Germany cannot get 0.9 percent of its electricity from wind power”

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Craig Morris

An ad in Die Zeit from 22 June 1990 posted by a German nuclear organization shows how greatly wind power was underestimated. And how nuclear never lived up to the dreams of its supporters.

2014 Ontario Wind Output Sets Record, Exceeds 5%

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Glen Estill

Ontario’s build out of wind capacity continues to increase the output of Ontario’s wind farms. The output rose from 5.9 TWh to 7.7 TWh, an increase of 30%. Wind supplied about 5.5% of Ontario’s electricity demand.